Charles Ansel Eckert

Military ROLL OF HONOUR

Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF. 29 x combat missions. Shot down 28-May-44in B-17 42-102581 'Lonesome Polecat'. Killed in initial fighter pass. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5306.



Awards: AM(3OLC), PH.

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Units served with

A pathfinder B-17 Flying Fortress (serial number 44-8258) of the 401st Bomb Group. Image by Robert Astrella. Written on slide casing: '48258 14 A, Mount Farm.'
  • Unit Hierarchy: Group
  • Air Force: Eighth Air Force
  • Type Category: Bombardment

People

  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-803697
  • Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Pilot

Aircraft

  • Aircraft Type: B-17 Flying Fortress
  • Nicknames: Lonesome Polecat
  • Unit: 401st Bomb Group 613th Bomb Squadron

Missions

Places

Events

Event Location Date Description

Born

Mayetta, Kansas, USA 24 June 1921 Son of Alex and Arstein Elizabeth [Jaquish] Eckert.

Enlisted

Kansas City, KS, USA 5 May 1942

Died

Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau, Germany 28 May 1944 Shot down 28-May-44 in B-17 42-102581 'Lonesome Polecat'. Killed in Action (KIA). MACR 5306.

Buried

Killed in Action (KIA)

Interred Lorraine American Cemetery and Memorial

Based

Deenethorpe 28 May 1944 Assigned to 613BS, 401BG, 8AF USAAF.

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Sources

Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / MACR 5306 / MACR 5306, http://www.401bg.org/Main/History/Members/Details.aspx?ID=1184 / Paul Andrews, Project Bits and Pieces, 8th Air Force Roll of Honor database